Table showing hominid lineage:
Genus: Species: Time period: Common name: Features: Found by:
Ardipithecus Ramidus 5 to 4,2 mya Ardi 300-350ml brain. Ardi was bipedal on the Tim white in Ethiopia in 1992.
ground, but quadrapedal in the trees, weighed
about 110 pounds, and was 47cm tall.
Australopithecus Afarensis 4 to 2,7 mya Lucy 375-550ml brain. Lucy was 120cm tall, about Donald Johanson is Afar Ethiopia in
27kgs and walked upright. 1974.
Mary Leakey found the Laetoli footprints in
Ethiopia.
Australopithecus Africanus 3,2 to 2,3 mya Taung child, Mrs 428-625ml brain. Raymond Dart in 1924. Robert Broom
Ples and little foot. in 1947. Ron Clarke in 1994. In
Sterkfontein in Gauteng (Africa)
Australopithecus Sediba 1,9 to 1,8 mya Karabo 420ml brain. Prof Lee Burger at Malapa caves in
Sterkfontein (Africa)in 2008.
Homo Habilis 2,2 to 1,6 mya Handyman 650ml brain. They made and used tools. Louise and Mary Leak in Tanzania in
1973.
Homo Erectus 2 to 0,4 mya Java man 900ml brain. They used fire for protection, Du Bois in Java in Indonesia. Later in
Peking man warmth and to provide a place to socialize. This Swartkrans.
allowed for them to migrate. Beijing China in 1929 to 1937.
Homo Sapiens 0,5 to 0,2 mya Bigger brain than sapiens. Showed cultural In France
neanderthalenisis evolution – buried the dead and produced cave
art.
Homo Sapiens sapiens 0,2 mya to 1200-1800ml brain. Makapansgat in Limpopo. Border Cave
today in KZN. Blombos Cave in Western
Cape. Sibudu cave in Durban.
Genus: Species: Time period: Common name: Features: Found by:
Ardipithecus Ramidus 5 to 4,2 mya Ardi 300-350ml brain. Ardi was bipedal on the Tim white in Ethiopia in 1992.
ground, but quadrapedal in the trees, weighed
about 110 pounds, and was 47cm tall.
Australopithecus Afarensis 4 to 2,7 mya Lucy 375-550ml brain. Lucy was 120cm tall, about Donald Johanson is Afar Ethiopia in
27kgs and walked upright. 1974.
Mary Leakey found the Laetoli footprints in
Ethiopia.
Australopithecus Africanus 3,2 to 2,3 mya Taung child, Mrs 428-625ml brain. Raymond Dart in 1924. Robert Broom
Ples and little foot. in 1947. Ron Clarke in 1994. In
Sterkfontein in Gauteng (Africa)
Australopithecus Sediba 1,9 to 1,8 mya Karabo 420ml brain. Prof Lee Burger at Malapa caves in
Sterkfontein (Africa)in 2008.
Homo Habilis 2,2 to 1,6 mya Handyman 650ml brain. They made and used tools. Louise and Mary Leak in Tanzania in
1973.
Homo Erectus 2 to 0,4 mya Java man 900ml brain. They used fire for protection, Du Bois in Java in Indonesia. Later in
Peking man warmth and to provide a place to socialize. This Swartkrans.
allowed for them to migrate. Beijing China in 1929 to 1937.
Homo Sapiens 0,5 to 0,2 mya Bigger brain than sapiens. Showed cultural In France
neanderthalenisis evolution – buried the dead and produced cave
art.
Homo Sapiens sapiens 0,2 mya to 1200-1800ml brain. Makapansgat in Limpopo. Border Cave
today in KZN. Blombos Cave in Western
Cape. Sibudu cave in Durban.
